Amy Leona Havin is a Portland-based journalist, poet, and essayist specializing in arts and culture. She covers language arts, dance, and film for Oregon ArtsWatch and serves as a staff writer at The Oregonian/OregonLive. Her writing has appeared in San Diego Poetry Annual, HereIn Arts Journal, Humana Obscura, The Chronicle, and other publications. In 2023, she received the Commerce Award for Publishers in recognition of her contributions to digital media (Condé Nast). Havin has held artist residencies at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Archipelago Gallery, and Art/Lab, and was shortlisted for the Bridport International Creative Writing Prize in poetry. With a background in classical ballet, Graham technique, and Gaga Movement Language, she is also the Artistic Director of The Holding Project, a Portland-based contemporary dance company.
